Missed Connection

by Meggie C. Royer

The lessons your mother never gave you. About how to fight back, about men who are more salt than honey, about loving yourself, about watching someone else love the one you love.

Genres: Poetry

12 pages, ebook

First published December 29, 2015

About the author

Meggie Royer is a Midwestern writer, domestic violence advocate, and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Persephone’s Daughters, a literary and arts journal for abuse survivors. She has won numerous awards for her work and has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize. She thinks there is nothing better in this world than a finished poem.

Royer is the author of the viral 2015 poem, "The Morning After I Killed Myself," which has since been shared nearly 7 million times and has been the inspiration for hundreds of additional poems, short films, and art projects by other artists.

Reviews

[Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meggie's work is always raw, honest and outstanding. This book is no different. It reaches into your heart and squeezes out all of the emotions you're trying to repress. Simultaneously, it gives you a hand and makes you feel like you're not alone. This book goes with you through all the trials and pain. It's a true work of art. <3

[Valeria Rosito · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was perfect, as all of Meggie's work is. I love how in few words it says so much, I devoured it in less than an hour but it left me thinking for many more. She never disappoints!

[Julia Gorst · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 stars.

I enjoyed this little collection, but couldn't help comparing this collection to Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey. I honestly don't know what makes her collection better than this one, but I just find it much more thought-provoking and deep. I do enjoy feminist poetry, as my liking for Kaur's poetry suggests, but when most every poem in the collection is a thought you've had, a sentence you've written, or something you've said to your friends or family, reading gets tedious - even with a book as short as this one. I just did not get the feeling of discovery or epiphany.

Now, these are not bad poems. They're about great subjects. I eved dog-eared a few pages to come back to them later. I just feel like I've read the bulk of these poems before.

[Sara Strack · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked these poems and have been trying to build up my poetry collection (but failing) for years. I bought this on a whim (and when I probably shouldn't have, but it was inexpensive and I really loved the poems Meggie Royer posted on tumblr). I honestly don't remember when I read it or for how long I did, but I do know I read it, and thought I should at least document that. I will reread it until it's pages are worn, that I am sure of.

[María · Rating 4 out of 5]

Casi no leo poesía, así que tampoco es que sea muy estricta en cuanto a lo que leo. De todos modos me gustó un montón, especialmente por la forma simple y honesta de escribir de la autora.